Improvement in butter-packages



U nrrnn ESTATES PATENT QFFICE.

HENRY P. ADAMS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-PACKAGES.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 170,50l, dated November30, 1875; application filed 4 July 21, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY P. ADAMS, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Packages for Butter, &c.; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved box or package for preservation ortransportation of butter.

In the drawing is shown a longitudinal section of my invention, whichconsists of the following parts and combinations, as hereinafterspecified and claimed, wherein A is an outside casing of wood; B, asuitable lid or cover; 0, an inner lining of tin or other suitablemetal; E E, bolts or clamps for closing and sealing the package. F is anintermediate layer of damp pasteboard or any suitable membrane restingbetween the up per surface of the case A and cover B.

It will be observed that the metallic lining 0 covers the inside,entire, of the case A, and likewise the sides of the opening a, upon theupper face of which it is lapped and secured.

Through the top of the package, upon either side of the mouth a, areextended the screwbolts E, provided with the nuts 6. The bolts E aremade stationary, and are caused to pass up through the lid or cover B,which is secured by means of the nuts 0, as shown in the drawing.

A piece of damp pasteboard or any suitable membrane is placed over themouth a, between the top of the case A and its cover B. Thus, when thenuts 6 are tightened, it will obviously appear that the contents ot'thepackage will be etfectuall y sealed against leakage, or theadmission ofair or dirt.

By continuing the metal lining of my pack age, so that it shallprotectand cover not only the cavity of the package, but likewise thesides of the neck or opening, and by forming upon the upper side of thepackage a flange or bearing, 0, it is impossible that any leakage shouldoccur, inasmuch as said flange cforms a bearing superior to that whichwould be aft'orded by the wooden casing A, and which, so far as I amaware, is novel and original with myself.

This construction likewise serves to render the entire package morestrong and durable, and more easily kept clean and pure for repeated andcontinued use, and likewise eflects a means whereby the package may bequickly and surely closed tight.

What I claim is As a new article of manufacture, the butter-packageconstructed of the casing A, with metallic lining G, terminating in theflange c, in combination With the lid'B, clamps E e, and interposedpasteboard packing, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY P. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

GEO. HESTER, OHAs. HARRIS.

